75% farmers will sell land for Chakan industrial belt

Pimpri Chinchwad: Around 75% of the farmers from Chakan and five surrounding villages agreed to sell their land to Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation for Phase V of the industrial belt.The regional officer of MIDC’s Pune region Sanjeev Deshmukh said 637 hectares of land in Chakan, Waki Khurd, Rohakal, Birdawadi, Ambethan and Gonwadi will have to be acquired for the project.

“The lands of 4,200 farmers will be acquired. The size of their land ranges from 10,000 sqft to 10 acres,” Deshmukh said, adding that they had been convincing the farmers for a year to sell their lands. “Earlier, 35% of the farmers were not willing to give their land. However, 10% of them changed their mind. Now, a total of 75% farmers are willing to sell their land,” he said.He added that the files for the compensation to be given to the farmers have been sent to the department concerned for approval.